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US announces $53 mln in humanitarian aid to Gaza

Date: 2024-02-27 21:45:28 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:78 - ID:10601265

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (MENA) – The United States on Tuesday announced another $53 million in humanitarian assistance for Palestinians as the US aid chief pleaded for protection to relief workers in war-ravaged Gaza, Al Arabiya reported. The US ....

Arab Group working for reaching immediate ceasefire in Gaza: AL envoy to UN

Date: 2024-02-27 21:40:07 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:77 - ID:10601286

CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) - The Arab Group at the United Nations is currently working for reaching an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, opening border-crossings for the delivery of urgent life-saving assistance to Gazans, and preventing an imminent ....

Palestine’s FM emphasizes horrific situation in occupied Palestinian territories, particularly in Gaza

Date: 2024-02-27 20:39:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:74 - ID:10601287

GENEVA / RAMALLAH, Feb 27 (MENA) – Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riyad Al-Maliki gave a briefing on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, including Jerusalem, especially the war of genocide against the ....

Shtayyeh: Israel has turned Gaza into killing field

Date: 2024-02-27 20:34:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:10601186

RAMALLAH, Feb 27 (MENA) – Caretaker Prime Minister of the Palestinian government Muhammad Shtayyeh said Tuesday Israel is practicing the worst forms of genocide, working to perpetuate apartheid, and a state above the law. This came during a ....

UN says Israel 'systematically' blocking Gaza aid access

Date: 2024-02-27 20:32:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:72 - ID:10601266

GENEVA, Feb 27 (MENA) – UN relief agencies operating in war-torn Gaza voiced deep frustration on Tuesday over continuing aid access restrictions placed on them by the Israeli military, after ambulances carrying patients away from a stricken hospital ....

US alleged ceasefire efforts sheer political maneuvers: Fatah spokesman

Date: 2024-02-27 20:01:18 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:10601185

RAMALLAH, Feb 27 (MENA) - Fatah Movement Spokesman Hussein Hamayel has described US alleged efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza as sheer political maneuvers, given its continued political and military support to the Israeli occupation ....

Israel resuming revenue transfers to Palestinian Authority

Date: 2024-02-27 19:25:01 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:63 - ID:10601222

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (MENA) - Israel has agreed to resume tax revenue transfers to the Palestinian Authority to fund basic services and bolster the West Bank economy, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday, adding that the money has begun ....

France's Macron receives Qatar's emir at Elysee

Date: 2024-02-27 18:14:11 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:57 - ID:10600971

PARIS, Feb 27 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday received Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the Elysee presidential palace. The Qatari emir is paying a two-day state visit to France, which is the first since ....

Jordanian king participates in Gaza aid airdrop

Date: 2024-02-27 17:17:11 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:10601035

AMMAN, Feb 27 (MENA) - Jordanian King Abdullah II, the Supreme Commander of the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army, participated Tuesday in the airdrop operations conducted by Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) aircraft to deliver food and relief aid to ....

96 Gazans killed on 144th day of Israeli aggression

Date: 2024-02-27 09:54:32 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:10600013

RAMALLAH, Feb 27 (MENA) - At least 96 Palestinians were killed and 172 were injured in the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip for the 144th day in a row, the Health Ministry said Tuesday, according to Wafa. This brings the total ....